marathon

Chip time: 3:56:14

Slept pretty decently for the night before a marathon. Woke up at 4:30 to eat breakfast. Layed back down from 5-6. Left about 6:15 and got there ~7:20 for the 8:25 started (which was slipped to 8:35).

Lined up behind the 3:40 pacer (sorry for over-estimating myself MCM runners).

And we're off. Everybody seems to charge up the hill as usual. My heart rate is way too high for my pace and where I am in the race. People who should be passing me are passing me in droves. Early heart rate splits are higher than they should be. Rest was right on except I decided not to endure the >180 pain in the last 2.2. (Plan was 154, 165, 166, 168, 168, 169 through 12, 170, 171, 172, 173, 173, 174, 174, 175, 175, 176, 176, 180+ through finish.)

1) 9:16/158
2) 9:34/169
3) 8:54/169
4) 8:44/169
5) 9:14/169
6) 8:42/169
7-8) 17:28/169 (8:44)
9) 8:38/169
10) 8:39/169
11) 8:24/169
12) 8:31/170
13) 8:53/171
14) 8:29/171
15) 8:50/172
16) 8:43/173
17) 8:40/173
18) 8:48/174
19) 8:56/174
20) 9:27/175
21) 9:37/174
22) 9:36/176
23) 9:19/176
24) 9:25/178
25) 9:27/177
26) 9:46/178
26.2) 2:17/185

I don't know why I did so poorly, but I think my carbo-loading (constant munching of cereal, granola bars, bananas, and apples mainly) in the last 4 days probably hurt. I'm also not sure tapering works for me. Or maybe I need to taper more? (Is an 18 miler 2 weeks out too close?)

Random "how I felt things" I don't want to forget

• shins were yet again sore first 3 miles or so and then went away
• starting feeling plantar fasciitis at about mile 13
• back of right leg (hamstring and calf) started bothering me around mile 18
• calf really started cramping somewhere around 20
• when my legs hurt, shortening my stride and increasing my cadence helped a lot and I don't think I was much, if any, slower that way (should probably work on this)
• didn't have any bloated feeling. maybe I drank a little less?
• had the transient light-headed feel I used to have at the end of long runs in Summer 05 at around mile 24 but it was very short
  

week
44 miles
shoes
wc 7-2 = 355 + 0 = 355
wc 7-3 = 123 + 44 = 167